The ultimate countdown to per week of recreation bulletins, trailers, updates, in-person actions in Los Angeles, and basic shenanigans is upon us. One of many main lynchpins holding all of it collectively is Summer season Recreation Fest, a showcase put collectively by Geoff Keighley with the intention of uniting the sport business round a summertime shebang of online game information. However as he does yearly earlier than this and different hosted occasions like Gamescom Opening Night time Dwell and The Recreation Awards, Keighley is attempting to mood wild fan expectations by clarifying among the issues we completely is not going to see at Summer season Recreation Fest on Friday.
In a dwell query and reply session hosted on Twitch over the weekend, Keighley answered some burning questions from followers concerning the upcoming showcase, together with an extended record not simply of what we should always count on to see on Friday, but additionally what we should not.
So far as what shall be there, Keighley confirmed we’ll see loads of updates to present video games, equivalent to Palworld and Kingdom Come 2: Deliverance. We’ll additionally see trailers for already-announced video games, together with Grocery store Simulator, Monster Hunter Wilds, Metaphor: Refantazio, Batman: Arkham VR, and Dragon Ball Sparking! ZERO. He additionally confirmed we’ll be getting one thing from Blumhouse Video games, and a brand new trailer for the Amongst Us animated sequence.
However in an curiosity of protecting surprises to himself, it is no shock that the record of what will not be there’s a bit longer:
No new GTA 6 trailer
Sorry, however anybody who was anticipating one other GTA trailer so quickly after the final one must deliver the expectations waaaaay down.
No Kingdom Hearts 4
Keighley stated that lots of people have been asking him about this for some cause, however that these anticipating such a factor are “setting themselves up for failure.”
No The Wolf Amongst Us 2
No new information on this, however Keighley says it will not be at SGF. Final we heard, it was delayed, and a collaboration with Deck 9 to work on a pre-production script for the sport was cancelled. The sport remains to be in manufacturing at Telltale, as of earlier this yr.
No Def Jam recreation
This query got here out of nowhere, however no, Keighley will not be exhibiting one.
No Steel Gear Stable Delta: Snake Eater
Unlikely from the leap given Keighley’s criticisms of Konami.
No Judas
We noticed Ken Levine’s subsequent recreation revealed at The Recreation Awards in 2022, however Keighley would not have an replace at this yr’s present. When you’re hungry to see extra of Judas, although, we did run an in depth gameplay overview on IGN this previous March.
No Past Good and Evil 2
Keighley claims he would not know any greater than we do about the place this recreation, introduced means means means again in 2017, went. Even when it have been going to be introduced throughout this time, Ubisoft has their very own present it might nearly actually need it in.
No 5 Nights at Freddy’s
Assist Needed 2 got here out final yr, and non-VR ports are nonetheless deliberate for later in June, in order that’s in all probability the primary attraction in that universe for now.
No Hole Knight: Silksong (in all probability)
Keighley really did not instantly say this, however when it got here up on stream, he chuckled and stated, “I believe it is gonna be some time.” So that does not sound precisely promising. Do not get your hopes up.
Most likely no Nintendo video games
Keighley did not particularly say Nintendo would not have something on this showcase, however he did chat briefly about Nintendo’s ongoing absence from Summer season Recreation Fest regardless of traditionally being interested by The Recreation Awards, and his tone undoubtedly factors to a different Nintendo no-show. Nintendo often has some type of digital showcase of its personal in June, so whereas we should not count on something at SGF, there’s in all probability a lot to come back later this month. And SGF will nearly actually have third-party video games that shall be accessible on the Change…or no matter its successor finally ends up being.
No music acts, No Josef Fares, no “yet another factor”
Although not explicitly video games, Keighley confirmed a couple of different components SGF wouldn’t be utilizing. There will not be any musical acts (save that for The Recreation Awards), and the infamous Josef Fares will not be exhibiting as much as make any spicy, clippable remarks. We additionally will not get a “yet another factor,” an business custom of kinds the place showcases conclude with a “and now, we’ve got yet another factor to point out” comment from a number adopted by a large, thrilling announcement to wrap issues up. Keighley would not look after this pattern.
So that is what we all know, leaving 4 days left to wildly speculate about what we do not know. For more information on how you can watch Summer season Recreation Fest, try our information, in addition to our information to all the opposite occasions round Summer season of Gaming.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Acquired a narrative tip? Ship it to rvalentine@ign.com.
